Organizational Units
Architecture & Engineering
Contact Information
Cristi Schultz, RA, Director of Architecture & Engineering
E-mail: SchultzCA@cofc.edu
Mailing Address: 66 George Street, Charleston, SC 29424
All construction and renovation projects at the College are managed by the Office of Architecture and Engineering, a team of engineers, architects, and construction project managers with expertise in design, planning, construction, preservation, sustainability and most importantly, problem solving. Our mission is to help create and enhance campus learning and living environments. All professional services are procured in accordance with the South Carolina State Procurement Code for Design and Construction. Requests for professional services are open to the public and are posted at SCBO (South Carolina Business Opportunities). Please refer all procurement process questions to the Office of the State Engineer. All applicable new construction and exterior renovations are designed in accordance with City of Charleston Board of Architectural Review (BAR) guidelines.
Center for Sustainable Development
Contact Information
Nicole Killen, Director of Sustainability
Email: KillenN@cofc.edu
Mailing Address: 66 George Street, Charleston, SC 29424
Click here for more information about the Center for Sustainable Development.
Environmental Health & Safety
Contact Information
Clifford Hamilton, MBA, PE, CHMM, MESH, Environmental Health and Safety Director
E-mail: hamiltoncn@cofc.edu
Office: 843.953.6802
Cell: 843.514.1850
Fax: 843.953.3927
Office Address: Robert Scott Small Building, Suite 111
Mailing Address: 66 George Street, Charleston, SC 29424
The Office of Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) actively promotes a positive, responsible, integrated safety culture at all levels of the College of Charleston community, advocates providing a safe and healthy living, learning, and working environment for all, and assists departments with complying with regulations and mandates. EHS offers a variety of programs and services to ensure that we all have a safe place to learn, live and work.
Note: More information about topic is available for Faculty, Staff, and Students on the Facilities Management Hub Page (login required). If you are not a College of Charleston member, please contact Cliff Hamilton for specific information regarding any of the health/safety topics below.
Facilities Operations
Contact Information
Frank Covington, Director of Operations and Maintenance
E-mail: CovingtonFJ@cofc.edu
Mailing Address: 66 George Street, Charleston, SC 29424
Our Facilities Management Operations Support Center is staffed Monday through Friday from 7:30am to 5:30pm. The most expedient way to meet your service needs is by entering a work order request. Staff is available to answer questions, assist with work orders, and triage/route calls appropriately. The Facilities Operations Center can be reached by e-mail at facilitiessupport@cofc.edu or by phone at 843.953.5550. Calls placed to this number after normal working hours are automatically routed to an off-site call center.
Facilities Operations employs skilled and/or licensed professionals to inspect, repair, and maintain all aspects of facilities and infrastructure on main campus, as well as College of Charleston at West Edge, Grice Marine Lab, and the Patriots Point Athletic Complex.
- The Carpentry Shop performs skilled carpentry work in the alteration, repair, and maintenance of campus buildings.
- Custodial Services enhances the overall look throughout campus by cleaning, stocking and maintaining the entrances and interiors of campus buildings. The workforce is a combination of College of Charleston and outsourced labor, according to building.
- The Electrical Shop provides electrical maintenance, repairs, and renovation services to campus facilities.
- Event Support is responsible for event preparation, moving furniture, and providing minor maintenance as needed.
- The HVAC Shop performs maintenance, troubleshooting, and repairs to heating, ventilation, and cooling systems in campus buildings, as well as supervises services provided by outside vendors.
- Grounds maintains campus landscaping to include mowing, trimming, pruning, planting, maintaining flower beds, watering, and weed control.
- The Lock Shop provides maintenance, repairs, and renovation services for door locking mechanisms and hardware.
- The Paint Shop provides proper application and maintenance of finishes to interior and exterior surfaces of College facilities.
- The Plumbing Shop performs preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, installation, maintenance, inspection, and repair of general piping throughout the campus.
Some services are outsourced, utilizing contracts established by the State and/or College in accordance with State requirements. Examples include elevator repair/maintenance, pest/rodent control, recycling, termite inspections/treatments, and waste management.
Facilities Planning
Facilities Planning supports the College's Strategic Plan and the campus community by planning instructional, working and living environments that are dynamic, effective, efficient, flexible, safe and sustainable with healthy supporting infrastructure and enjoyable connecting green spaces.
Master Planning: Facilities Planning develops and refines long-range campus development. With great pride, we are pleased to share the 2023 Campus Framework Plan. The Plan is guided by space optimization, historic preservation, sustainability, and resilience. These overarching approaches will create a roadmap of opportunities for infill development, preservation in our historic campus core, capital renewal, and strategic land use as needs arise and resources permit. The Plan provides a menu of vetted and coordinated options for adaptive reuse, program relocations, renovated buildings, new construction, landscape improvements, and supporting infrastructure.
Capital Planning: Facilities Planning is the starting point for planning any capital improvement project. We work closely with the Office of Architecture and Engineering to establish project scope, obtain required State approvals and guide capital projects to successful completion. The Office prepares and retains all information related to our Comprehensive Permanent Improvement Plan (CPIP), a five-year roadmap of significant capital projects reported to the State annually.
Space Management: Facilities Planning develops and implements principles, policies and procedures for space allocation, reviewing major requests for space and potential space opportunities.
IWMS Administration: Facilities Planning administers the AiM integrated workplace management system (IWMS). This software suite was built upon the College's space database information and serves as a unified system of record to manage space optimization, capital planning, contract administration, assets and inventory, operations and maintenance, utility monitoring, and key control.
CAD & GIS Administration: Facilities Planning is the authoritative source for campus floorplans and architectural/engineering drawings. This database contains over 34,800 files of CAD drawings, photos, "as-built" drawings and scanned blueprints. The Office will add Geographical Information Systems (GIS) data in the near future to capture facilities asset data above and below our grounds.
Campus Building Signage: Facilities Planning maintains the College's standard exterior and interior sign systems. The Office continues to upgrade signage to ease wayfinding and meet requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
Utility Services
Contact Information
John Gilley, Director of Utility Services
Email: GilleyJR@cofc.edu
Mailing Address: 66 George Street, Charleston, SC 29424
The Office of Utility Services is responsible for all major campus mechanical infrastructure and administers the Energy Savings Performance Program. Mechanical infrastructure is below ground, inside the Central Energy Facility, and within many larger campus buildings.
Steam and chilled water for heating and cooling for some campus buildings is fed to and monitored by the Central Energy Facility. Skilled operators are onsite 24 hours per day, 365 days per year to ensure safe and efficient operations. Other buildings have stand-alone systems, also under the purview of Utility Services.